Improvement in corn-planters



blinded tant D anni @with Letters Patent No. 94,546, dated September 7, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY BAUGHMAN, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin, and State of Ohio',-

have invented a new and improved Corn-Planter and I do hereby declare that the following iS a full', clear,

and exact description ofA the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side view, a portion of the Seed-box beingshown in section.

Figure 2 is a top view.

The object of this invention is to provide for public use a simple and convenient corn-planter, which can -be worked by hand or other power. To this end,-

.The invention consists of an improved apparatus for clearing the distributing slide, and an improved general arrangement of the various devices constituting the whole machine, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings- A A represent the handles;

B, the beam; and

(lathe wheel.

D is a short cross-bar, attached to the beam in front of the wheel, and

E is another attached to the rearpend of the beam.

Connected by sweeps or drag-,bars F F, to the endsr necessity for heavy cast-iron scrapers.

fm, m are arms, projecting from the right-hand side 0f beam B, and serving to support the bot-tom of the seedbox I, the top and sides of said box being attached to it by means of hasps and staples Inh, so .that

by unlatching the hasps, the upper part of the seedbox can be detached and removed.

Across tbe'middle of the seed-box is a bridge, J, uuder'which is a hole, through the bottom i, to allow the seed to drop through to the ground.

.a is a reciprocating `slide, arranged longitudinally with the box, so as to slide back and forth under the bridgeJ, and over the holekiu Hoor It is itself provided with a hole, which alternately opens and closes the hole in door t, thus dropping the Seed properly to the ground. t

The slide n is operated by a pitinan, P, worked by a crank on theshalt of wheel C, or the equivalent thereof.

)t is a plow or cultivator tooth, attached to beam B, near ,the front end of box I, and supported by a brace, yr.

In order.' to properly clear the slide n, and at the same time td prevent the corn in the seed-pocket from heilig crushed and broken, I cut out an arch in the centro of the bridge J, over the hole in door t. then arrange two vertical slides or Scrapers, o o, in the sides of the bridge, So as to cover the ends of thearch and press down upon the slide n, as it plays back and forth. l l

A piece of rubber, s, is fastened over the upper edge of the bridge, over the ends of the two Scrapers o o, in Such a manner as to press them down and cause them to-keep in contact with slide, so as to sever commu-v nication between the seed-pocket and the chamber of the seedbox, when the pocket is under the bridge. At the Sametime, ifa kernel of corn gets wedged un* der the edge ofthe Scrapers they will not crush it, but v the Spring s will allow them to rise over it, and will bring them down again when it has passed.

Having thus described my invention,

`Vlntt I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v y r rIhc construction and arrangement of the handles A A, beam B, wheel O, cross-bars D E, drag-bars F F, scrapers F' F,standards G G, and springs H H, in

connection with a Seed-box I, Slide n, and plow R, sub- Stantially as Shown and described.

To the above specification of my invention, I have signed my name, this 12th day of July, 1869.

HENRY BAUGHMAN.

Witnesses Guns. A. PETTIT, SoLoN C. KnMoN. 

